Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20170703145512/@comment-31398341-20180212153827

And yet Greninja is a lead and outdone most things that Zoroark can, such as better coverage, speed, typing and can setup Spikes + Toxic Spikes.

Blaziken uses Protect + Speed boost anyway, Then, it proceeds to KO Zoroark.

I did not say anywhere that Charizard forms outspeed Zoroark, both just outright OHKO it anyway. Flinch is very luck based, since there is 20% rate of flinching, there is 20% of Zoroark winning against them. And who switches in Charizard against Zoroark anyway?

Zoroark can never beat Mega Salamence reliably, even with Focus Sash (3HKO, while M-Salamence OHKO it easily). Greninja could do it with Ice Beam before Mega Salamence uses Dragon Dance, and can reliably beat it if equipped Focus Sash.

I ask again, specifically, what's a real niche of Zoroark over Greninja outside of Illusion, which is not always reliable?